Direct Comparison of Yb3+:CaF2 and heavily doped Yb3+:YLF as laser media at room temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 18312-18319

  Pirri, Angela ^a   Alderighi, Daniele ^a   Toci, Guido ^a   Vannini, Matteo ^a   Nikl, Martin ^b   Sato, Hiroki ^c  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Fukuda Crystal Laboratory Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YLF LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRYSTAL ABSORPTION; HEAVILY DOPED; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASING CONDITIONS; OPERATION MODE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THERMALLY INDUCED;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER; TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349671750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018312     Document Type: Article

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